Richard Attenborough facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
The Lord Attenborough
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Attenborough at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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| In office 30 July 1993 – 24 August 2014 Life peerage |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1923 Cambridge, England |
| Died | 24 August 2014 (aged 90) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) |
Sheila Sim (m. 1945)
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| Children | 3, including Michael and Charlotte |
| Mother | Mary Clegg |
| Father | Frederick Attenborough |
| Relatives | David Attenborough (brother) John Attenborough (brother) |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer, entrepreneur, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1940–1945 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | Royal Air Force Film Production Unit |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE ( 29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English movie producer, director and actor.
Early life and education
He was born in Cambridge, England. Attenborough left his home when he was 17 to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He earned his first West End theatre role, then went to national stardom in the play Brighton Rock.
Career
Attenborough later became a producer and director. He produced and directed the movie Gandhi. Attenborough said that the movie Gandhi was his dream project and waited years to make it. Gandhi won 5 British Academy Awards and 8 American Oscars. In 1983 he won the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, a lifetime achievement award. In his movie roles, he is mostly known for his roles in The Great Escape and in Jurassic Park. He was the older brother of naturalist David Attenborough.
Attenborough died on 24 August 2014 at the age of 90 in London of heart failure after years of poor health.
His movies
| Year | Title | Credited as | |||
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| Producer | Director | Actor | Role | ||
| 1942 | In Which We Serve | Yes | Young Stoker | ||
| 1943 | Schweik's New Adventures | Yes | Railway worker | ||
| 1944 | The Hundred Pound Window | Yes | Tommy Draper | ||
| 1946 | Journey Together | Yes | David Wilton | ||
| A Matter of Life and Death | Yes | An English pilot | |||
| School for Secrets | Yes | Jack Arnold | |||
| 1947 | Brighton Rock | Yes | Pinkie Brown | ||
| The Man Within | Yes | Francis Andrews | |||
| Dancing with Crime | Yes | Ted Peters | |||
| 1948 | London Belongs to Me | Yes | Percy Boon | ||
| The Guinea Pig | Yes | Jack Read | |||
| 1949 | The Lost People | Yes | Jan | ||
| Boys in Brown | Yes | Jackie Knowles | |||
| 1950 | Morning Departure | Yes | Stoker Snipe | ||
| 1951 | The Magic Box | Yes | Jack Carter | ||
| Hell is Sold Out | Yes | Pierre Bonnet | |||
| 1952 | Father's Doing Fine | Yes | Dougall | ||
| Eight O’Clock Walk | Yes | Thomas "Tom" Leslie Manning | |||
| Gift Horse | Yes | Dripper Daniels | |||
| 1955 | The Ship That Died of Shame | Yes | George Hoskins | ||
| 1956 | Private's Progress | Yes | Pvt. Percival Henry Cox | ||
| The Baby and the Battleship | Yes | Knocker White | |||
| 1957 | The Scamp | Yes | Stephen Leigh | ||
| Brothers in Law | Yes | Henry Marshall | |||
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Yes | John Holden | ||
| The Man Upstairs | Yes | Peter Watson | |||
| Sea of Sand | Yes | Brody | |||
| 1959 | The League of Gentlemen | Yes | Lexy | ||
| I'm All Right Jack | Yes | Sidney De Vere Cox | |||
| Danger Within | Yes | Capt. "Bunter" Phillips | |||
| Jet Storm | Yes | Ernest Tiller | |||
| SOS Pacific | Yes | Whitney Mullen | |||
| 1960 | The Angry Silence | Yes | Yes | Tom Curtis | |
| 1961 | Whistle Down the Wind | Yes | |||
| 1962 | Only Two Can Play | Yes | Probert | ||
| The L-Shaped Room | Yes | ||||
| Trial and Error | Yes | Herbert Fowle | |||
| 1963 | The Great Escape | Yes | Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett | ||
| 1964 | The Third Secret | Yes | Alfred Price-Gorham | ||
| Séance on a Wet Afternoon | Yes | Yes | Billy Savage | ||
| Guns at Batasi | Yes | Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale | |||
| 1965 | The Flight of the Phoenix | Yes | Lew Moran | ||
| 1966 | The Sand Pebbles | Yes | Frenchy Burgoyne | ||
| 1967 | Doctor Dolittle | Yes | Albert Blossom | ||
| 1968 | Only When I Larf | Yes | Silas | ||
| The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Yes | Robert Blossom | |||
| 1969 | The Magic Christian | Yes | Oxford coach | ||
| Oh! What A Lovely War | Yes | Yes | |||
| 1970 | Loot | Yes | Inspector Truscott | ||
| The Last Grenade | Yes | Gen. Charles Whiteley | |||
| A Severed Head | Yes | Palmer Anderson | |||
| 1971 | 10 Rillington Place | Yes | John Reginald Christie | ||
| 1972 | Cup Glory | Yes | Narrator | ||
| Young Winston | Yes | Yes | |||
| 1974 | And Then There Were None | Yes | Judge Arthur Cannon | ||
| 1975 | Rosebud | Yes | Edward Sloat | ||
| Brannigan | Yes | Cmdr. Sir Charles Swann | |||
| Conduct Unbecoming | Yes | Maj. Lionel E. Roach | |||
| 1977 | Shatranj Ke Khiladi | Yes | General Outram | ||
| A Bridge Too Far | Yes | Yes | Lunatic wearing glasses | ||
| 1978 | Magic | Yes | |||
| 1979 | The Human Factor | Yes | Col. John Daintry | ||
| 1982 | Gandhi | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1985 | A Chorus Line | Yes | |||
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1992 | Chaplin | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | Yes | John Hammond | ||
| Shadowlands | Yes | Yes | |||
| 1994 | Miracle on 34th Street | Yes | Kris Kringle | ||
| 1996 | Hamlet | Yes | English Ambassador to Denmark | ||
| In Love and War | Yes | Yes | |||
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Yes | John Hammond | ||
| 1998 | Elizabeth | Yes | William Cecil | ||
| 1999 | Grey Owl | Yes | Yes | ||
| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Yes | Jacob | |||
| 2002 | Puckoon | Yes | Narrator | ||
| 2007 | Closing the Ring | Yes | Yes | ||
Images for kids
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in Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
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Attenborough in 1975
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Lord Attenborough during his term as Chancellor of the University of Sussex, February 2006
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St Mary Magdalene's, Richmond
